vaesite

English

Etymology

Vaes +‎ -ite, after Belgian mineralologist Johannes F. Vaes.

Noun

vaesite (usually uncountable, plural vaesites)

  1. (mineralogy) A nickel-sulfur mineral found with cattierite.

Further reading
  • “Vaesite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “vaesite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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